Detachable rim



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original vFiled Nov. 3o, 1917 3 sheets-sheet ATTORA/EY@f INVENTOR.

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DETACHABLJE Rm, .L

applicano@ i'ea'i'roemte aaien, semaine. masas. Renewed angusti/glaze. serial' ntf' sanear;

Rims, of which the following is aspeciicaf,

tion.

'My invention, relates to improve-ments in lo detachable rims for the wheels of automobiles or similar road vehicles. v"llhe purpose of my invention is to provide a detachable rin)` which shall have a tight fit on the wheel body of the vehicle to which it is applied. l5

the detachable Irim is applied'fto the wheel A body by a swinging movement, ratherlthan by the axial movement hitherto customary l y inthe use of detachable rims. 2o

tion relates, to apply a ldetachable rim t0 a. wheel so that the rim has a tight fit on the wheel. involves the use of la pluralityA of'bolts and clamps `to apply thev rim to the wheel, andl the lconstruction hitherto in use is such as "tofrender it 4diiiicult to removethe rim from the wheel when once applied thereto. It is' also'known in the art to apply a rim to a wheel, the internal diameter of the rim 7bei-ng substantially larger than thev external diameter of 'the telly of the wheel to which the sameis applied, the clearance space between the-two 35 afterwards being partly lled by means Vof wedges or substantially completely filled by applied thereto, l prefer to provide such outer edge of the felly 4 with thefelly band'- means of a wedging ring. 'These' structures have obvious disadvantages and render the rim diiiicult to attach and detach. Y By my invention l am enabled" to avoid theI aforesaid diiiiculties and to provide a structure wherein the rim is easily applied yand detached. 'llhe rim of my invention all furthermore is' .provided with means c 'o-opce erati'ng with the wheel to which it is to be applied, whereby the rim is first applied to the'wheel in such. a' position that the rim may be's'wung about a portion of the wheel j as a pivot into position on said wheel,.'means le@ movementin one direction to apply the rim, andfin the reverse direction to detach the rim, veasy and convenient.'

Y Myinvention further relates to details o'it By my invention, li provide means whereby A" and rim vafter the rim is in. position on the llt is known in the art to which my inven buch a construction7 however,

I being provided ior rendering the swingingv A .constructiorihereinafter described with refL erence -to the accompanying drawings, wherelng w. Figure 1 is an elevational View of the'rim .and associated tire in position on the wheel, 'thls view being taken of 'that-side of the wheel which is remote from the vehicle;

F1gure2 1s a view similar to Figure l, but

taken on that si'de of the wheel which is ',line 13a-' A of Figure 2.

. Figure 4 is a similar viewof thefWheel .Similar reference characters refer to sim ilar parts throughout the several vlews of the drawings. V 1

1 is the wheelfmounted on the axle 2 of the automobile or other vehicle 3. The wheel' 1 has the peripheral portion or telly 4.

While the outer surface of the -ielly 4 may haveyarioug forms under m'y invention, so long as the vsame is adapted to have a tight iit 'at a plurality of points of Contact with the inner surtace of the rim which' is to be 5 providingthe substantial cylindrical surface 6' and having the raised step or portion 7.. Passing through a transverse'opening 8y lin a portion ofthe elly, preferably but not necessarily located substantially opposite to lthe radial opening 9 in the felly, which is for the purpose of admitting the valve 10 of the tire 11, 'is the threaded socket12.- For' fthe purpose of givingthe threaded socket 12 the necessary mechanical strength to withstand the strain put uponlit, ll prefer to provide said socket with the extensions or flanges' 13 which bear against that side of the felly which isv nearer tothe vehicle and provide the other side of the telly with the plate 14 having an aperture 15 correspondico y Mld 'i eo ing'. with the threaded aperture 16 of the 8 of the telly'.

The rim118 on which the tire 11 is located Socket 12. A plurality ofl'boltsl or other.

similar means 17 are .provided passing through 'the felly to bind the flanges 13 with the plate "14, so as to properly 'position the threaded socket 1 2 in place in the aperture l is provided withy the usual aperture 19 for permitting passage of the valve therethrough, Riveted, welded or otherwise securely fastened to the inner face 'of the rim Sie 18'is the raised or step portion 20 -to which is integrally or otherwise securely attached an inwardly. extending flange 21. This about the' rim.` The 'flange 21 is 1opositionA on the wheel.' -'At..the ,other side ot cent to the vehicle when the rim in posi- `tion onthe wheel, are one or more' lugs .22

ing the same on said rim during the manu? facture of the same. While any number ot such lugs or projections 22 may be provided,

securely attached to said .rim as by welding. Y

riveting, or'other suitable means'.v lf de y sired'such lugs may be made integral .with

the rim as by stamping or otherwise form- I prz-ifer-t'oV lrovide the rimv with two such i' be on each side ofthe valve opening ofthe rim '18.` 'ltassingA through 'a portion of the flange 21, preferably but not necessarily atly so spacedthat one lug will l .a point -of said -flangewhich is Vsubstantially I located between' the head 24 of. the bolt and opposite the valve'opening 19 of the rim 18,

isf the lthreaded bolt 23 which is rotatably 1 held. in positionin the flange 21, between the head ,2t of the bolt and the .collar 25 "aced from. such'head, by means ot the s otted plate'26 attached to the flange.21 and thedange 21, The collar 25 is so positioned as toy bear within the apertura-27 -in the flange 21. Preferably the bolt'23 has sufli' 'cient free spacewithin its'bearing so thatI ,it may -readily enter the ,threaded "socket 16 'have a 'substantially tight tit\on. the Vwheel of the member 12.

The manner of. applying therim to the vwheelis as follows The rim is rst ap`v lied to thev wheel so that. thevalve mem- -Ar1() m'aypass through the radial aper'- tu-radin' thefelly. of thezwheel.- luthis v jiivhich is 4illustrated -in Figure 3, a portion'dfthef'wheel will be' located between the. lug or' lugs 22 andthe flange member 21, and; the threaded boa 25 will bain p0- l"sition'to-eiiter the'lirst thread of the thread-- A edisocket 16, 1t @will :be notedthat; upon operating theboltr 2.5' tp cause'the sametc "Work into the' socket' 16 vthe'rim will bei :forced by a .pivotal or swinging movement 'ahout' that portion ofthe -wheel 'which is* '-adja'oent to the lugs 22 into ,position 'on the wheel and' into tight engal ment therewith. As the bolt -23 is screwe more and more into the socket 16 the rim makes contact with the outer edge of thevwheel along an increasingly greater area, and when the. rim is positioned on the wheel there is substantial contact between the rim and the wheel alongrv the outer faces of the raised portions 7 and 2() .with the corresponding cylindrical surfaces 18 and 6 respectively. To detach the rim all that is necessary is to operate the bolt 23 .in the reverse direction whereby a reverse pivotal or swinging movementis brought about which detaches the rim fromthe wheel.

From the abovev description it is clear that the essential point is to provide means associated with the rim vand the wheel -wherebythe rim may lbe forced on to the wheel by a swinging or pivotal movement about aportion of thewheel. In order to provide such a pivot I may use other means than those illustrated in Figures 1 toll, and I intend that the claims shall cover such other means. In Figure 5 I have illustrated- .a modification wherein the desired result is brought about byl omitting the lugs 22 and 'substituting as an equivalent, means therefor the collar 28 Iwhich is welded or otherwise fixed in the valve aperture of the rim. The internal diameter of the collar 28 is such as tofreely admit ythe valve of the tire. lnthis Imodification it is clear that the rim will be held inposition on'. the wheel betweenth'e flangemember 21lv and the collar 28, enough clearance being provided between the collar v28 and the valve aperture in the fellyof the wheelto permit the necessary pivotal or swinging movement.

While I have shown the raised portions whenin-position.thereon. i v

1t, i tof benoted that, as illustrated, the

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loweredg ofthe outer plate' Vof member 12,

.as well' as', the 'correspondingedge of the late 121, bears against fthe. edge' ofl the telly and. 5, 'Which'therefore' functions to take neo* up the'strain due to--the operationof the threaded bolt 23 and to'distribute such strain along fthe ywhole extent of the felly .band and associated wheel.' :This construction vservesgto give the device of my invention the. necessary mechanical strength, Furl thai-mole the bolt 23 which passes throu' h -f lthe flange-21 of the'rim and the wheel bo C.

also rovides a very substantial driri 'lq' for the detachable rim v A ng naasten lt yis to be understood' that-While the rim is adapted and intended to have a tight lit at aplurality of points ,onthe telly band ot the wheel, the dimensions .of the various part/s arev sochosen asto permit the rim to be forcedl on tothe telly without too great a strainfonfthe various parts of the device.

ln orderto further facilitate aiproperinteren-agement .of the"y rim. with the wheel,

ll may, as shown, round off: the inner edges of the raised portions?v and Q0 respectively.

lit-is also to .bezunderstood that Imay prof-` vide-"the: iange 21.01 21 along portions only of the rim 18 as illustrated in Figures w ,li-"and 8v Where-the--rim isaprovided With fiange portions 50, the Wheel-body being provided with bolts 51 adapted toA pass through suitable apertures 52 in these flange por-- tions. fNuts-53-are employed to force the .20 langeportions inwardly to secure the rim to the. wheel body.y The bolts 51 and the nuts 53 areI ofthe usual type employed in Wheel con-struction and are thus merely illustrativeof conventional: fastening means.

In: the mod-iiicatiomillustrated in Figure `6,-.the wheel-comprises a felly rim orixed rita-29A having'the :curving u'pturned-porturned vmember 30. (lo-operating with the` tions 30 and 31." 'f'lfhe-wheel maybe eitherA socketedv memberl 33 is ther bolt 40 rotatably heldin 'position Within the'member 41, at`

tached' to orintegral with thek tire rim l35, between the head 42 and the fixed collar-43 oth'ebolt 40,-by means-ot the slotted plate 44. ln the form shown'at A'the `,bottoni-of F ig. 6 the preferred method-"of attaching the member 41 is illustrated, this 'consistingv in cutting away a` `portion 'of the iange -3'6 to form-a recess inwhich the member 4:1 isplaced, the member being aligned With the recessed portion 37 koit the tlange'36shown4 in'the top part of Figi@ and. being then welded or otherwise' lixedly secured to the flange 36 and the outside of th'e tire rim. ln this construction the pin 38 .aftords the means whereby the tire rim 35 may be swung into position on the Wheel, the engagement of the nut l0 with the socketedmember 33 forcing the rim on te the wheel, the members 30 and 31 yielding suiciently to.per.

mit effective engagement of the rim/with the wheel.

.lit will be noted lthat on one side ot ferential extents of said rim andwheel body the medial vertical' planefpassing through,l the Wheel,'that is, on, the side nearer ,the vehicle, the telly. bandy has a raised substantiallyI cylindrical vbearitngj,surface cooperating with a Substantially,cylindrical bearing surface .on the rim; While on theothenside ofsaid, planethatfis,i on the side remote from the vehicle, the -rim= has a raised substantiallycylindrical bearing .surface on the fellyband.. There is," therefore, a lplurality of .f cooperating substantially cylindrical bearing surfaces on each side of the medial "erticalfplane referred. to.v

Throughout' the specifica-tion and claims, wherever they termv cylindrical is employed, ll' mean to designate thereby any desed Width ot bearing surface down to an e e.

he bolt 40 and the pin 38 act together in the detachable rimA and the present construction is applicable to vehicle Wheels formed with a felly and a felly band or to vehicle wheels of the ixed rim type and the present constructions arerrnerely illustrative of C certain of the many combinations which may be employed in wheel and rim construction,

What l claim is:

1. ln combination, a Wheel body, a detachable rim for said wheel bodyadapted to have a substantially tight tit with the same substantially throughout the entire "circiunwhen said rim is in position on Said Wheel body, interengaging means on the ritn and wheel body providing a pivotal pointabout which the rim is swung into osltinon thev wheel body, and means appied to'anotherl portion of said rim for swinging-the samedi into position on said Wheel body.v

2. n combination, a wheel body provided with a substantially cylindrical bearing surface, a detachable rim forsaid Wheel bedy also ,provided with aV substantially cylindrical bearing's'urtacecooperating 'with said first mentioned bearing surface and adapted to have a'substantially'tight t'-v with the same substantially tlnroughout the entire circumferential extents'ot1 said'rim'and wheel body Whensaifd rim is 'in position' on said wheel body, interengaging means on the rim and Wheel bodylprovlding a pivotal point about ,Which the-rinitis swunginto position on thel wheel body, and means applied to another portion of said rim forswinging the' same into position on said Wheel body.

3. lin combinationa Wheel body rovided with a plurality of substantially cy indrical bearing surfaces, a detachable rim forsaid Wheel body also provided with a plurality of V substantially- 'cylindrieal bearing surfaces cooperating with said first mentioned bearing surfaces, said rim being adapted to ,have a substantially tight tit with said Wheel body aan" this construction to `form a driving lock for o@ I I in position onisai wheel m y, intereinggag-A at the meeting surfaces ofsaidsubstaiit'ially cylindrical bearin' surfaces ,when said rim is ing means ontherimand wheel body providing a pivotalpoint about which the' rim is swung into position on the wheel body, and means applied lto another portion of ,said

rim for ,swinging the same into position on said ,wheel and :for detaching therim from said wliee body by `a reverse swingmg.

' 4. ln combination, a wheel 'body provided. with a substantially'cylindrical bearing surface, a ldetachable rim for saidwheel body also provi-ded with a substantially cylindri# ca'l Vbearing surface vcooperating with said irst-mentioned bearing surface and adapted to -have a substantially-tight 'fit with thewheel body at the'l ,meeting surfaces' of said.- Vcooperating. bearing surfaces when said rimis in position on'fsaid wheel body, and means. associated with a-,portionof 'saidrim whereby the same may. be so positioned on the' wheel bod asto `permit said rim to be swung about' sai wheel body as a pivot' into osif v tion on1 said wheel, atfleastone of saidv earing 'surfaces being. raised and `botho said .surfaces lyiiigfon' the same side of the vertical plane vpassing through the vmedial por- 'tion of the wheel body.l

5. In combination, a ,wheel'body,' a detach-` 'y `able rim for'said wheel body adapted' to have I a substantially tight lit with the felly substantially throughout the entire circumferential extents of said rim and wheel body when'v said rim is in positionaon saidwheel body,

y v whereby the same may be so positioned on tlie I' periph@ means associated, with 'a portion of said rim wheel bod asto permit said rim to he 'swung about sai wheelbody as apivotuinto 1positionfon the same,` meansl appliedat another ortionof said rim for swinging thesamel 'into osition on the wheel`body'-,and means.

- body asto permit said rim to be swung about Maasai' when the" latter is in position wli'ei'fl'Q 6. in combination, a kwheel body -provided -face,adetachable rim for said'wheel body first-mentioned bearin surface and adapted to have a 'substantialy tight fitl with -the wheel body at the meeting surfaces ofvvsaid. cooperating bearing surfaces when saidrrim .isin position-on said wheel body, means as- -sociated with a portion oi' said rim where.

by the same may be so positioned on the -wheel said wheel body-as a pivot into, osition onthesame, Ameans applied at aiiotl er portion of said rim for'detachingvthesame from said wheel-'by a swinging movement, and ineens i j 70 associated with said wheel 'body and-rim fdr preventing lateral displacement of said'rim when thelatter is in position .on the wheel 7'. .ln 'combination a 'wheel body,a detachvable rim for said wheel body, having an inte'gral. i'ange on its` inner `periphery fandbeing adaptedto have a substantially .tight fit. on the body when the rim is in position thereon, said flangeA having a'v portion cut away lto 'forin a recess and means -to holdthe 'rim on* thebody comprisinga member A, mounted-in said recess and fxedly securedl tothe inner periphery ogfthe' rim and means for securingthe'member on .the body.- Y

-8. llncom'bination a wheel body, andetacbf 'able rim lforisaid -wheel body, having an y with a substantially/.cylindrical bearing sur- 551 also provided with a substantially cylin* drical bearing surface cooperating with said ce y integral flange on 'its' inner periphery'and z being adapted todiave 'a substantially tight' fit on the Ybody wheii-therim -isrin 'tion the reon,' saidY Harige -havin Va portion `cut to forma recess an' in said recess and xedly secured to' e inner dn testimony whereof, ii have signed .name to this 's ecication'this 28th day of November, .1

A associated with said wheel body and rim ford .j

preventinglateral displacement of salidriinv :off the rimanda bolt-passinglthru sai .memberi aov` I l n means to fhold= f 'theriin on the body comprising a lu tting 

